NEIBA Bestseller List

For the week ending
Sunday, July 26th, 2026  

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HARDCOVER FICTION

1. Whistler
Ann Patchett, Harper, $30.00, 9780063511637
2. Yesteryear (Indies Introduce)
Caro Claire Burke, Knopf, $30.00, 9780593804216
3. Cool Machine (The Harlem Trilogy #3)
Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $30.00, 9780385550505
4. Country People
Daniel Mason, Random House, $30.00, 9798217197453
5. Land
Maggie O'Farrell, Knopf, $32.00, 9780593320648
6. The Correspondent
Virginia Evans, Crown, $28.00, 9780593798430
7. The Calamity Club
Kathryn Stockett, Spiegel & Grau, $35.00, 9781954118812
8. The Things We Never Say
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $29.00, 9798217154746
9. The Shampoo Effect
Jenny Jackson, Pamela Dorman Books, $30.00, 9798217059959
10. Ransom
Daniel Silva, Harper, $32.00, 9780063384224
11. The Midnight Train
Matt Haig, Viking, $30.00, 9780593833377
12. Villa Coco
Andrew Sean Greer, Doubleday, $30.00, 9780385551977
13. John of John 
Douglas Stuart, Grove Press, $28.00, 9780802167194
14. Our Perfect Storm
Carley Fortune, Berkley, $30.00, 9780593953242
15. Carl's Doomsday Scenario
Matt Dinniman, Ace, $30.00, 9780593820261

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump
Maggie Haberman, Jonathan Swan, Simon & Schuster, $34.00, 9781668067246
2. The Land and Its People: Essays
David Sedaris, Little, Brown and Company, $30.00, 9780316264839
3. London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family's Search for Truth
Patrick Radden Keefe, Doubleday, $35.00, 9780385548533
4. Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage
Belle Burden, The Dial Press, $30.00, 9780593733318
5. Famesick: A Memoir
Lena Dunham, Random House, $32.00, 9780593129326
6. Dogs, Boys, and Other Things I've Cried About: A Memoir
Isabel Klee, William Morrow, $28.00, 9780063451070
7. The Best Dog in the World: Essays on Love
Alice Hoffman (Ed.), Scribner, $22.00, 9781668209028
8. The Book of Birds: A Field Guide to Wonder and Loss
Robert Macfarlane, Jackie Morris, W. W. Norton & Company, $35.00, 9781324006848
9. Blueberries for Sal Cookbook: Sweet Recipes Inspired by the Beloved Children's Classic
Robert McCloskey, Clarkson Potter, $14.99, 9780593580400
10. The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald
John U. Bacon, Liveright, $35.00, 9781324094647
11. Unsayable: A Life in Writing
Michael Cunningham, Random House, $30.00, 9798217198337
12. Make Believe: On Telling Stories to Children
Mac Barnett, Little, Brown and Company, $20.00, 9780316601122
13. This Is The Plan: How to End America's Meltdown and Save Democracy
Ben Wikler, W. W. Norton & Company, $29.99, 9781324131434
14. Lessons from Cats for Surviving Fascism
Stewart Reynolds, Grand Central Publishing, $13.00, 9781538778005
15. The Wreck of the Mentor: A True Story of Death, Despair, and Deliverance in the Age of Sail
Eric Jay Dolin, Liveright, $27.99, 9781324096320

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION

1. Theo of Golden
Allen Levi, Atria Books, $20.00, 9781668236512
2. The Odyssey
Homer, Emily Wilson (Transl.), Norton, $18.95, 9780393356250
3. Dungeon Crawler Carl
Matt Dinniman, Ace, $20.00, 9780593820254
4. The God of the Woods
Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $19.00, 9780593418925
5. Project Hail Mary 
Andy Weir, Ballantine Books, $22.00, 9798217299461
6. Dolly All the Time
Annabel Monaghan, G.P. Putnam's Sons, $20.00, 9780593853979
7. The Road to Tender Hearts
Annie Hartnett, Ballantine Books, $20.00, 9780593873465
8. Atmosphere
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine Books, $20.00, 9780593158739
9. Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $19.99, 9780063204164
10. My Friends
Fredrik Backman, Atria Books, $20.00, 9781982112837
11. James
Percival Everett, Vintage, $20.00, 9780593686867
12. I Who Have Never Known Men
Jacqueline Harpman, Transit Books, $16.95, 9781945492600
13. The Deal
Elle Kennedy, Bloom Books, $18.99, 9781775293934
14. Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $19.99, 9780316556323
15. These Summer Storms
Sarah MacLean, Ballantine Books, $20.00, 9780593972274

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION

1. A Marriage at Sea (Indies Introduce)
Sophie Elmhirst, Riverhead Books, $20.00, 9780593854297
2. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18.00, 9781984898456
3. Raising Hare: A Memoir
Chloe Dalton, Vintage, $21.00, 9780593689004
4. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Vintage, $21.00, 9780307742490
5. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
Erik Larson, Crown, $22.00, 9780385348768
6. Is a River Alive?
Robert Macfarlane, W. W. Norton & Company, $19.99, 9781324130734
7. Communion: The Female Search for Love
bell hooks, William Morrow Paperbacks, $17.99, 9780060938291
8. The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI: How to Think About Artificial IntelligenceŅBefore It's Too Late
Cory Doctorow, MCD, $18.00, 9780374621568
9. Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman's OpenAI
Karen Hao, Penguin Books, $20.00, 9780593657522
10. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $22.00, 9781571313560
11. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $14.00, 9780804190114
12. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, William Morrow Paperbacks, $17.99, 9780060959470
13. The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They CommunicateŅDiscoveries from a Secret World
Peter Wohlleben, Greystone Books, $18.95, 9781771643771
14. The Beginning Comes After the End: Notes on a World of Change
Rebecca Solnit, Haymarket Books, $16.95, 9798888904510
15. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
M.D. van der Kolk, Bessel, Penguin Books, $19.00, 9780143127741

MASS MARKET

1. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $12.00, 9780451524935
2. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $12.00, 9780451526342
3. The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553577129
4. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Penguin, $12.00, 9780399501487
5. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316769488
6. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Random House Worlds, $9.99, 9780553593716
7. And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062073488
8. Dune 
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593640340
9. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541
10. The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin, Ace, $10.99, 9780441478125

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED

1. Blueberries for Sal
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $9.99, 9780140501698
2. Make Way for Ducklings
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $10.99, 9780140564341
3. Little Blue Truck
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), Clarion Books, $10.99, 9780358451228
4. Don't Trust Fish
Neil Sharpson, Dan Santat (Illus.), Dial Books, $18.99, 9780593616673
5. Where's Waldo?
Martin Handford, Candlewick, $8.99, 9781536210651
6. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
7. The Skeleton and the Cat
Brandon James Scott, HarperCollins, $19.99, 9780063455887
8. Where's Waldo? The Totally Essential Travel Collection
Martin Handford, Candlewick, $14.99, 9781536224399
9. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780399230035
10. It's My Bird-Day!
Mo Willems, Union Square Kids, $18.99, 9781454999621

CHILDREN'S INTEREST

1. The New Girl: First Crush: A Graphic Novel 
Cassandra Calin, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338762488
2. The Gilded Blade (The Grandest Game #3)
Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $21.99, 9780316593083
3. The Baby-sitters Club Fan Edition: Baby-sitter Summer
Ann M. Martin, et al., Scholastic Inc., $14.99, 9781546171379
4. The Odyssey: A Graphic Novel
Gareth Hinds, Candlewick, $19.99, 9780763642686
5. Sleepless
Gordon Korman, Scholastic Press, $18.99, 9781546126119
6. Better Than the Movies
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781534467637
7. Wombat Waiting
Katherine Applegate, Storytide, $19.99, 9780063221178
8. Spy School Secret Service the Graphic Novel 
Stuart Gibbs, Anjan Sarkar (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9781665956635
9. Odder: The Novel
Katherine Applegate, Charles Santoso (Illus.), Square Fish, $8.99, 9781250423429
10. Midsummer Sisters (A Graphic Novel)
Niki Smith, Graphix, $14.99, 9781546128946

CHILDREN'S SERIES TITLES

1. Heartstopper #6: A Graphic Novel
Alice Oseman, Graphix, $19.99, 9781546102441
2. Warriors Graphic Novel: The New Prophecy, Part One of Three
Erin Hunter, Gibson Twist, Sammy Savos (Illus.), HarperAlley, $15.99, 9780063450882
3. I Survived the Bombing of Pearl Harbor, 1941 (I Survived Graphic Novel #14) (I Survived Graphix #14)
Lauren Tarshis, Peter Wartman (Illus.), Graphix, $14.99, 9781546137757
4. The Inheritance Games
Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $10.99, 9780759555402
5. Dawn on the Coast: A Graphic Novel (The Baby-Sitters Club #19) 
Ann M. Martin, Arley Nopra (Illus.), Graphix, $14.99, 9781546135548
6. Dog Man: Big Jim Believes
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $15.99, 9781546176183
7. One of Us Is Lying
Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $12.99, 9781524714758
8. The Hybrid Prince (Wings of Fire, Book 16)
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic Press, $19.99, 9781546129547
9. Warriors Graphic Novel: The Prophecies Begin, #1
Erin Hunter, Natalie Riess (Illus.), Sara Goetter (Illus.), HarperAlley, $15.99, 9780063203877
10. InvestiGators: Weather or Not
John Patrick Green, First Second, $12.99, 9781250357915